Saturday, September 19, 2009

The assignment for the Minor is to create a music video for one of the tracks of the recitement CD. I will work in a group of three students, and we've chosen the track Disconnected performed by Allen Ginsberg.

Disconnected - Allen GinsbergI am a victim of telephonesWhen I lay down to sleep dream the Wishing Wellit rings“Have you a new play for the brokendown theater?”When I write in my notebook poemit rings“Buster Keaton is under the brooklyn bridge onFrankfurt and Pearl . . .”When I unsheath my skin extend mycocktowardsomeone’s thighs fat or thin, boy or girlTingaling—”Please get him out ofjail . . . the police arecrashing down”When I lift the soupspoon to my lips,the phone on thefoor begins purringwhen I muse at smoke crawling overthe roofoutside my street windowpurifyingEternity with my eyeobservation ofgrey vaporous columns in theskyring ring“Hello, this is Esquire…When I lift the soupspoon to my lips,the phone on thefoor begins purring“Hello it’s me—I’m in the park twobroads from Iowa . . .nowhere to sleep last night . . .hit‘em in the mouth”ringing at dawn ringing all afternoonringing upmidnightringing now forever ringingnow foreverringing now forever ringing now foreverringing nowforever.

About Me

That man is successful who has lived well, laughed often,and loved much, who has gained the respect of the intelligent man and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by a perfect poem or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.
Robert Louis Stevenson